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jberryhill

(62,444 posts) Tue Aug 25, 2015, 10:10 PM Aug 2015

FDR was clearly out of touch with common people and should not have been elected

Looking back at the FDR's presidency, it can clearly be seen that he was not a good choice to represent the interests of the common man.

When the country looked like this:

FDR was living in this house:

On this estate:

And living like this:

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FDR was clearly out of touch with common people and should not have been elected (Original Post) jberryhill Aug 2015 OP

The man had great Karma and that Wellstone ruled Aug 2015 #1

Is this really about Hillary renting that beachfront mansion in the Hamptons for $50,000 a week? Electric Monk Aug 2015 #2

Because I'm sure there were no common people Waiting For Everyman Aug 2015 #3

Where's Lloyd Bentsen when we need him? (nt) Z_California Aug 2015 #4

He had polio and hid being crippled NathanSharp Aug 2015 #5

Message auto-removed Name removed Aug 2015 #6

Clinton was out of touch even back when she was "dead broke", it is ideological. TheKentuckian Aug 2015 #7

It's not how much you have or don't have, where or how (race, gender, nationality) you were born pampango Aug 2015 #8

Wellstone ruled

(34,661 posts)

1. The man had great Karma and that

Reply to jberryhill (Original post)

Tue Aug 25, 2015, 10:44 PM

Aug 2015

he shared with all of us.

Electric Monk

(13,869 posts)

2. Is this really about Hillary renting that beachfront mansion in the Hamptons for $50,000 a week?

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Tue Aug 25, 2015, 10:49 PM

Aug 2015

If so, it's in the wrong forum.

And, the optics about it aren't a good thing for her, imho.

Waiting For Everyman

(9,385 posts)

3. Because I'm sure there were no common people

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Tue Aug 25, 2015, 11:24 PM

Aug 2015

ever at Warm Springs, Georgia, where he spent all his free time... oh wait...

No, but I'm SURE he was only there hobnobbing in the pool with all those polio-stricken commoners because they were the big money fundraisers for his campaigns. Um...

Well, at least I'm sure that other candidate swims with and spends her vacations with lots of common folk TOO, ALL THE TIME... so?

Z_California

(650 posts)

4. Where's Lloyd Bentsen when we need him? (nt)

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Wed Aug 26, 2015, 12:54 AM

Aug 2015

NathanSharp

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5. He had polio and hid being crippled

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Wed Aug 26, 2015, 03:51 AM

Aug 2015

He didn't really have it that great. Plus he even opened the hot springs on his property to children suffering from the disease. He may have been an east coast elite, but I think that his experience with the disease connected him more to the common man. Herbert Hoover was the one who said "A dollar a day is good enough for any man", and I doubt he was living on a dollar a day himself. At least Roosevelt was pragmatic.

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TheKentuckian

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7. Clinton was out of touch even back when she was "dead broke", it is ideological.

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Wed Aug 26, 2015, 05:48 AM

Aug 2015

pampango

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8. It's not how much you have or don't have, where or how (race, gender, nationality) you were born

Reply to jberryhill (Original post)

Wed Aug 26, 2015, 09:35 AM

Aug 2015

that matter as much as what you believe, how you treat people and how you work to make things better for everyone, particularly the poor and disenfranchised. That's what makes you "in touch with the common people".

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